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• "the" - "The" as in the word *the* but with quotes, "the." Vernacular-punctuative distinction placed on the noun preceded by article; when spoken, emphasis is simply placed on article rather than noun.
  
  e.g., I went to see "the" Kate the other day. Variants: I went to see "the Kate" the other day. I went to see The Kate the other day.
• $mas - The gift-giving holiday which now begins in mid-October and ends in early January.
  e.g., Look at all the loot I got for $mas.
• 'boss - Short for emboss. Used as a verb. To 'boss something is to emboss it.
  e.g., That font could use a little dimension. Can you 'boss it?
• 'cha - Interjection. Used to agree with a statement, sometimes sarcastically or in response to a sarcastic statement. Roughly equivalent to "Yeah, right." Loosely derived from an expression oft uttered by a character on the television program Mad TV, the Lancome Lady, played by Nicole Sullivan.
  e.g., Paul: "Looks like we're due to get dumped on this winter--fun, fun, fun." Debi: "'Cha! I can't wait to dig my car out of the snow."
• 'itis - Sloth-like state of laziness and shirk. Not wanting to do any work, as in hot tropical climates.
  e.g., I got the 'itis real bad today. I just can't seem to shake it.
• 'peat - Referring to a repeated TV show, especially when one expected an original episode. Something that occurs so frequently requires a monosyllabic name.
  e.g., I was going to watch Six Feet Under, but it was a 'peat.
• 'smatterchoo - What's the matter with you?
  
  e.g., 'Smatterchoo? You know you're not supposed to eat cookies before dinner.
• 'sole - Arsehole or asshole, but potentially less offensive.
  e.g., You know Chris? He be a complete 'sole.
• 'soonist - Someone who plays all types of bassoon, including the double bassoon.
  e.g., The 'soonist Kyle Newman played a mind-boggling tune in the spring concert.
• 'spensive - So expensive it becomes 'spensive.
  e.g., His boat cost him two fortunes. It sure was 'spensive.
• 'splode - 1. To explode in a funny and extremely messy way, usually including food and possibly a microwave. 2, To have an extremely funny temperamental meltdown or ranting session--again, a messy but entertaining explosion.
  e.g., 1. I never saw a microwave peep 'splode in a microwave before. 2: It was incredible, the way that guest 'sploded on Jerry Springer last week. I laughed for 6 hours straight.
• 'streme - Extreme.
  e.g., What John said about you was way 'streme.
• 't (space) (verb) - The _correct_ form of 'tis, 'twere, 'twasn't, 'tisn't, and so forth. Such forms as "'tis" ignore the fact that the space being taken out from between the contracted "it" and the "is" itself requires an apostrophe. Following this practice, such a construct would be "'t'is."
  e.g., 't was the night before the holiday the Christians stole from the pagans (well, the one in December, anyway), and all was quiet in the house.
• 'zaaah - Pizza.
  e.g., When we got hungry, we devoured some 'zaaah.
• (prefix)fuc king(suffix) - Tmesis.
  e.g., The number of words submitted that violate our guidelines is infuckingcredible.
• (word)**n - (word) repeated n times.
  e.g., I really**6 get tired of typing the same thing over and over again.
• *$ - Starbucks.
  e.g., I'm stopping at *$ on the way home -- you want anything?
• *adjective*-ass - Emphasis suffix.
  e.g., "That was a creepy-ass movie!" OR "This is a gross-ass sandwich." OR "That was a stupid-ass movie."
• -a-licious, leicious - Suffix meant to emphasize or increase the importance of a word, either good or bad. (See "-tastic," "-arific," "-asaurus," and "Xtra-.")
  e.g., Good: Wow, your shirt is funk-a-licious! Bad: This food is suck-a-licious. I think I'm gonna hurl.
• -age - A suffix that can be added, against all rules of grammar and logic, to the end of nouns and verbs to make new nouns and verbs.
  e.g., There's a serious lack of foodage in Tony's house. In the marathon, she expected to be getting her runnage on for at least two hours.
• -arific - Suffix meant to emphasize or increase the importance of a word, either good or bad. (See "-a-licious," "-tastic," and "Xtra-".)
  e.g., The movie was explos-arific.
• -esque - Added to a word to make it descriptive of another object not usually described by the word, or to give the word more descriptive emphasis.
  e.g., Her makeup was very Monet-esque.
• -gate - Suffix attached to a word to indicate some scandal associated with it. From "Watergate." Used for example in Irangate, Billygate, etc.
  e.g., Strangely, the Whitewater scandal was not called Whitewatergate.
• -ifying - Add to the end of an adjective, to a) extend the amount of syllables in a line (poetic sense) or, b) just to make yourself sound "sophistimacated."
  e.g., "What do you think of the movie?" Delorfirith asked. "It was so... so... borifying," Fitly replied.
• -in a box - Added onto a word such as fun or excitment to emphasize sarcasm.
  e.g., Paul: This weekend we should like go 'n like do stuff and like, yeah. Tear: Oh, yeah, excitement-in-a-box.
• -ing - A suffix to turn a word into a verb--contrary to the actual rules of English.
  e.g., Verbing is a good way of showing that you have far too much spare timing.
• -iser - Suffix for kitchen appliances, to make them sound cooler.
  e.g., Betty: I just made some waffles in my waffleironiser. Jane: Ha, I just made a smoothie in my blenderiser. Top that.
• -ish - Kind of, sort of. Multi-purpose suffix for everything. Can also be used alone--usually with a waggle of the dominant hand.
  e.g., A. This is cool...ish. B. (In response to a question like "How's it goin'?" with the associated hand waggle.) Ish.
• -iznatch - Suffix. -iznatch is attached to the end of a word either for emphasis or because you can't remember the rest of the word. Always follows a consonant.
  e.g., Emphatic: "Mama, we're out of hot sauce! You'd better get yo'self to the stiznatch!" Forgetful: "Yeah, you know, that one word... antidisestablish... miznatch."
• -izz- - Used to extend a word to make it sound gangsta. You split a word in two, the first half in front of -izz- and the second half behind.
  e.g., I wizzant that new City Stars deck. It's cizzool.
• -let - A diminutive suffix. Indicates something is small or cute. Used on proper names (often nauseating in this usage) as well as other nouns.
  e.g., Look, a cute little birdlet.
• -ling - (Word)ling; a smaller, usually less powerful version of anything.
  e.g., Where'd you buy that cute little phoneling?
• -mafied - Suffix that just plain sounds cool. Usually intimating that there's been an intentional "change" or effect on something, likely caused by you. -macated is a similar ending.
  e.g., After the most fab manicure my fingers are beautimafied.
• -ness - A modifier used after another word to make it extra snappy.
  e.g., "I got a new car!" "Niceness." (Can use "sweetness," "coolness," or similar words with -ness.)
• -on-a-stick - Emphasis-adding adjectival suffix.
  e.g., That exam was pure fecal matter-on-a-stick.
• -orium - Suffix. Added to a word to produce the name of a place where the root word is found.
  e.g., I'm going to the bookorium to see what's new. Then I'm going to the foodorium to get some pretzels for a snack.
• -ski - Suffix added to someone's name, to indicate familiarity.
  e.g., Joeski, how are you?
• -tacular - Added to virtually any word to emphasize its spectacular attributes.
  e.g., Did you see my sneakers? They are shoetacular.
• -tastic - Suffix meant to emphasize or increase the importance of a word, either good or bad. (See "-a-licious," "-arific," and "Xtra-.")
  e.g., That food was crap-tastic.
• -ular - A suffix to emphasize it, in a good or bad way.
  e.g., 1. My hair is fuzzular today. Ew. 2. Those roses are smellular. 3. Tyrell: I got tickets to Rob Zombie! Johnny: Coolular!
• . . . and a half - Used in conjunction with an adjective to emphasise it.
  e.g., Red: I couldn't get the tickets today." Ted: Damn and a half.
• . . . or not - Phrase used when the speaker asks another person a question or makes a suggestion, but is ignored (whether on purpose or accidentally) or rebuked. Speaker uses phrase to recover from the embarrassment of being ignored in public, signaling that speaker can begin or resume work or conversation with others. Can also indicate a "taking back" of suggestion, question, or offer.
  e.g., 1. I asked Joann, "Want to go to dinner after choir?" She heard me, but turned around holding food. ". . . or not," I finished, to save myself from looking dumb. 2. "Lauri, want to go to the mall?" I asked. She walked past and pretended not to hear me, or perhaps truly didn't hear. ". . . or not," I finished, to save myself from looking stupid to anyone else that might have heard.
• .com - Use .com, .net, .org, etc. to emphasize.
  e.g., That chick is hot.com. That guy is so hot.etc.
• cheers-a-thon - A marathon of watching Cheers episodes. Especially if what is watched is poor quality VHS copies of every episode that ever aired, and if done by an elderly person. {ED. We know what you mean -- anyone over 30.}
  e.g., "Last night Uncle Tony didn't get any sleep" "What was he doing, another Cheers-a-thon?"
• @ddress - Email address, to differentiate between electronic and snail-mail addresses.
  e.g., I have a new @ddress. Please update your address book.
• ????/span> - Used to describe an small object without identity; almost synonymous to the word "thing," but less vague.
  e.g., Upon seeing a scrap of paper on the ground: "Chris, pick up that "????"
• ?ombie - A brand of clothing worn by popular but incredibly stupid faeries. Can also be applied to equally stupid humans.
  e.g., ?ercrombie makes lots of money.
• ??pan> - Something very smooth in a German kinda way.
  e.g., Your leiderhosen compliment your ??inikan.
• __azza - Aussie slang used for nicknaming people with names like Sharon (Shazza), Barry (Bazza), Karen (Kazza), etc.
  e.g., Me and my mate Bazza had a blokes' weekend out fishing and sinking a few stubbies and talking about dole-bludgers.
• `n-american - First sound is a glottal stop. A resident of the USA who is not of Anglo-Saxon ancestry.
  e.g., Don't call him that. It's bigoted. He's an `n-American.
• ?art - Contraction of "far out."
  e.g., Some of the definitions in the PD are ?art. Let's add another one.
• ?artcan - A large, usually chrome "muffler" that seems to actually amplify the exhaust note of a car (usually a Honda Civic or Chevy Cavalier).
  e.g., You hear that '86 low-rider Civic with the neon ground effects and license plate surround go by? With a ?artcan like that, I thought there was a Cessna taking off down Main Street.
• ?arther - Male parent living at a great distance from his children, an absentee father.
  e.g., Frank's ?arther further fathered farflung fraters.

• "brooklyn doorbell": To stand in front of an apartment building yelling an occupant's name until she comes to the window. (Das scheint in diesem New Yorker Stadtteil die übliche Türklingel zu sein.)
• "compliment sandwich": A compliment that upon closer examination is found to be a criticism. From the practice of wrapping criticisms or insults, sandwich-like, between two compliments.
• "demail": An email with lots of details.
• "e-fecked": It's a word used to describe those annoying problems where your browser just hangs for 5 minutes when loading a page. Comes from the Irish-English slang word "fecked," a politer form of "fucked."
• "monopulate": Taking exclusive possession of. {ED. To get what you want from someone by keeping heraway from other people.}
• "qwertyface": A condition brought on by extreme exhaustion -- the distinctive gridlike pattern left on the sufferer's face after falling asleep on her computer's keyboard.

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